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CRINUM
Definition of CRINUM
noun
Any of the genus Crinum of perennial plants with large showy flowers on leafless stems, which develop from bulbs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Crinum, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek κρῐ́νον (krĭ́non, “lily”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRINUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRINUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CIMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found CRINUM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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